42 teams duke it out in maiden Xavier Sucere cagefest

MANILA, Philippines — The Xavier Sucere Basketball Cup 2024 is slated to stage its inaugural tournament from October 26-29 at the Florida Uytengsu and George K. Young Gymnasium inside Xavier School in San Juan.

It will feature 42 teams from Metro Manila, Iloilo, Bacolod, Zamboanga, Naga, Davao, Cebu, Pampanga and Laguna across four age-group divisions, where P50,000 worth of cash and vouchers will be at stake in the 12-under, 14-under, 16-under and 18-under categories of the tournament backed by Sucere.

Xavier School also has teams from the San Juan and Nuvali campuses for the tournament, and they will compete for supremacy against some of the best school teams in the country.

Proceeds of the tournament are for the benefit of the Xavier School Educational Trust Fund (XSETF), established in 1966 to grant financial aid to deserving students, on the principle that "No student who is otherwise qualified, be deprived of a Xavier education solely for financial reasons."

The Xavier Sucere Basketball Cup 2024 is supported by PGA Cars, Converge FiberX, Anta, Boysen, and W Group Inc., Power Mac Center, Celsius, Koster, Predator, Wealthmore, MEC Network, George, East Ocean Palace, Clean Fuel, Powerhouse, Burlington and Fat Daddy.

Follow the tournament’s Facebook page, Xavier-Sucere Basketball Cup, for more details.

The teams and their groupings are as follows:

U12 Division: Bracket A – Xavier School, Troodons Philippines, Ateneo de Davao, Hustle Rising Suns Jrs, Ateneo de Manila. Bracket B – Xavier Nuvali, FBA Jets, St. John’s Bacolod, Ateneo de Zamboanga, Tigersharks.

U14 Division: Bracket A – Xavier School, Ateneo de Davao, Tigersharks, Hustle Rising Suns Jrs, De La Salle Zobel. Bracket B – LSGH Blue Fire, Ateneo De Zamboanga, GTU, Xavier Nuvali, Ateneo de Manila.

U16 Division: Bracket A – Xavier School, Ateneo de Davao, Ateneo de Zamboanga, St. John’s Bacolod, LSGH Blue Fire. Bracket B – San Juan Warriors, Ateneo de Naga, Springdale Cebu, St. Roberts Iloilo, Hustle Rising Suns Jrs

U18 Division: Bracket A – Emilio Aguinaldo College, Ateneo de Davao, Xavier School, St. Roberts Iloilo, HTA, Xavier Nuvali. Bracket B – San Juan Warriors, Ateneo de Naga, San Felipe Neri, St. John’s Bacolod, Far Eastern University, PCAF.